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☆ A Burger King employee who's worked there for 50 years says she loves her job so much she even comes to work when she's sick or in pain
  + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Burger King employee says she enjoys her job so much she even comes in when she's sick or in pain. Wanda Byrd has worked at the Burger King in Medicine Park, Oklahoma for 50 years. AdvertisementA Burger King employee who's worked there for more than 50 years says she still comes to work when she's sick or in pain because she enjoys her job so much. Byrd told KSWO that in 2005, the burger chain gave her a Jeep to reward her for her speedy service. One Burger King worker who's been at the chain for nearly 30 years said the healthcare insurance he gets covered his four daughters through high school and college.
Persons: Wanda Byrd, —, who's, she'd, Byrd, KSWO, who've, Burger Organizations: Burger King, Service, King, Medicine, Business, Bureau of Labor Statistics Locations: Medicine Park , Oklahoma, Oklahoma
☆ The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and new federal hate crime legislation, wants to 'move on'
  + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
People in Jasper are in many ways still dealing with the aftermath of James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 murder. Louvon Byrd Harris, Byrd's younger sister, told The Post that many people simply "want to forget what happened." A section of Huff Creek Road in Jasper, Texas, where James Byrd Jr., was dragged to his death. While Byrd's murder prompted the Texas legislature's 2001 passage of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, along with the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
Persons: James Byrd Jr, Byrd's, Byrd, George Floyd's, haven't, Louvon Byrd Harris, Poor Jasper, David Shultz, Jasper, Anderson, Juan Lozano, Betty Lane, Matthew Shepard, Tod Lawlis Organizations: Post, Service, Washington, Lone Star State, Historical Museum, Jasper City Council, Anderson Land, AP, Congress, Byrd Foundation, Racial, Byrd Locations: Jasper, Wall, Silicon, East Texas, Minneapolis, Huff, Jasper , Texas, Texas, Austin
☆ SlamBall: The sport ahead of its time is making a long-awaited comeback
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
“SlamBall is special because it’s a brand that has lived on in social media in a really powerful way. Making its comeback for a 2023 summer league, SlamBall will be back on TV screens, via ESPN, and hopes to attract new viewers. The sport has lived on via social media clips of crazy moves. SlamBall LLCDreams becoming reality“I had this recurring dream all the time,” Gordon says of the origins of the sport. “Social media didn’t exist, Twitter didn’t exist, TikTok didn’t exist.”With incredible dunks like George Byrd's on Kevin Cassidy, SlamBall has huge viral potential.
Persons: Mason Gordon, SlamBall, ” Gordon, ”, Gordon, “, Gerard Gordeau, Taylor Wily, Markus Boesch, Stan “, ” Fletcher, Fletcher, ‘, Stan, Jim Heath, “ I’m, Fletcher’s SlamBall, Michael Jordan, Julius “ Dr, J ” Erving, Mike Tollin, SlamBall’s, Ben Peppi, George Byrd's, Kevin Cassidy, Pat Ecclesine, BringBackSlamBall, Pat Ecclesine ‘, “ There’s, it’s Organizations: CNN, NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, CNN Sport, ESPN, UFC, Mandalay Sports Media, Twitter, ’ Locations: Las Vegas, Los Angeles
☆ Morgan Stanley says these stocks are making improvements on ESG that can also boost returns
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Morgan Stanley honed in on publicly traded companies that are improving on ESG in ways that can boost shareholder returns. "We think ESG rate of change will be a critical focus for investors looking to identify companies that can generate alpha and ESG impact," he said in a note to clients in late 2022. Though he said both approaches to ESG screens can be useful, he specifically looked for companies doing under-the-radar ESG work. Eighty-percent of analysts rate the stock a buy, FactSet data shows. Roughly two-thirds of analysts rate the stock as buy or overweight, and the average price target implies upside of nearly 15%.
☆ What it's like working for lawmakers whose golden years are clouded by power struggles, rumors of senility, and constant second-guessing
  + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +25 min
Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, told Insider that some political maneuvering is more tactical. Emanuel, now the US's ambassador to Japan, didn't refute that the exchange took place but told Insider he didn't remember it. It serves the institution," the former GOP aide told Insider, adding that seasoned dealmakers are preferable to partisan bomb-throwers "with some agenda that they're driving." Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhite, now the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, told Insider his boss always had the final word. 'Preserving their dignity'Convincing career lawmakers to hang it up before they tarnish their respective legacies is tricky business, a veteran GOP leadership aide told Insider.
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